(d)1 Parking Enforcement Status Report
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d E n v i r o n m e n t C o m m i t t e e | D e c e m b e r 1 , 2 0 2 5 JOHN RISTOW – Director, Department of Transportation
HEATHER HOSHII – Deputy Director, Department of Transportation ARIAN COLLEN – Division Manager, Department of Transportation Parking Compliance Unit
Service Delivery Approach
Equitable
Focus on proactive patrols
touching every city street to
ensure citywide services are
provided to all San
José communities
Efficient
Hybrid enforcement model
combining both proactive and
reactive responses across 11 key,
service delivery specific parking
enforcement teams
Safe
Enforcement of California Vehicle
Code (CVC) and San Jose Municipal
Code parking regulations to ensure
safe use of public right-of-way
2 Safety & Illegal Parking Enforcement
FY 2024-25
Proactive Citywide Parking Patrol
Patrol every city street approximately every 14 days
Red curbs, Street Sweeping, Bike Lanes, School Zones
Request for Service
Responsive to Customer Requests for
- Blocked Driveways
- Tow Permits (Events/Construction)
Downtown & Meter District
Parking Enforcement
Proactive patrol of greater downtown
and meter district areas
Meters, Freight/Passenger Loading, Safety
Residential Permit Parking
(RPP) Enforcement
Patrol of 22 RPP zones using
Automated License Plate
Recognition (ALPR) systems
Evening & Overnight
Parking Patrol
Citywide patrol focused on overnight
restrictions (10pm-6am) and general
illegal parking enforcement
Timed Parking Enforcement
Citywide enforcement of time-limited
parking areas outside of Meter Districts
Phased Out Effective FY 2025-26
3 Vehicle Abatement & Tow Enforcement Service
Deliveries FY 2024-25
Proactive & Hot Spot Vehicle Abatement
Patrol every city street approximately every 14 days
to identify and investigate abandoned vehicles
Extended Parking Stay Enforcement (EPS)
SJ311 reactive investigations for vehicles parked of
extended periods of time (Nuisance Complaints)
Phased Out Effective FY 2025-26
DOT Pavement Maintenance
Tow support of temporary tow-away
zones facilitating pavement projects
Oversized & Lived-In Vehicle
Enforcement (OLIVE)
Conduct citywide inventories,
establish and enforce temporary
tow-away zones, coordinate zone
clean-up, and analyze potential
parking restrictions
Reactive Vehicle Abatement
Investigate Public SJ311 Vehicle
Concerns Submittals
* Supplemented by 2.0 Contract FTE
4 Parking Enforcement Staffing Benchmarking
55.5 FTE
San Jose
San José has the most understaffed
comprehensive parking enforcement
team among Bay Area cities when
adjusted for land area.
0.31 FTE per Square Mile
344 FTE
San Francisco
7.32 FTE per Square Mile
22 FTE
Berkeley
2.00 FTE per Square Mile
70 FTE
Oakland
1.25 FTE per Square Mile
5 Tows
3,227
School Visits
273
Proactive Vehicle Abatement Investigations
7,400
Citations
217,720
OLIVE Sites Completed
34 FY 2024-25
Key PCU Program
Outcomes
SJ311 Vehicle Concerns
Investigations
32,000
6 FY 2025-26
PCU Service
Deliveries
Proactive Citywide Patrol Expired Registration
Pavement
Maintenance
Evening &
Overnight Patrol
SJ311 Reactive
Investigations
Downtown &
Meter Districts
Proactive VA
Investigations
Residential Permit
Parking
Requests for Service OLIVE & OSEP
FTE
55.5 7
Oversized & Lived-In Vehicle Enforcement
FY 2025-26 – Q1
Citywide
Inventory Zone
Establishment
and
Engagement
Zone
Clean-up
Inventory
Data
Analysis
Site
Selection
Zone
Enforcement
Post
Enforcement
Inventory
Sites Enforced
12 Vehicles Towed
22 Citywide
Inventory
Permanent
Parking
Restriction
Analysis
In Progress
Identification &
Enforcement
25 Sites
FY 25-26 Q3/Q4
8 In Progress
Expired Registration Enforcement : FY 2025-26
Initial 12 Weeks
Zone Patrol Complete
Zone Patrol Pending
30%
% of City Patrolled for
Expired Registration
9 93.77%
Personal
Vehicles
4.09%
RV/Trailers
1.42%
Semi/Box
Trucks
0.36%
Utility
Trailers
0.36%
Buses
Expired Registration Enforcement by Vehicle Type: 527 TOWS
93.48%
Personal
Vehicles
2.17%
RV/Trailers
4.17%
Semi/Box
Trucks
0.18%
Utility
Trailers
0.0%
Buses
Expired Registration Enforcement by Vehicle Type: 552 CITATIONS Expired Registration Enforcement : FY 2025-26
Initial 12 Weeks
2.17%
RV/Trailers
10 Next Steps
OSEP
Investigation of lived-in
vehicles identified during
vehicle inventory but not
prioritized as an OLIVE
site
January 2026
Expired Registration
Team expansion
+ 3.0 FTE
January 2026
OLIVE Permanent
Restriction Signage
Site Analysis,
Engineering Review and
Recommendations
Q2/Q3 FY 2025-26
Street Sweeping
Temporary Tow-Away
zone Pilot within 2
existing signed street
sweep zones
Q3/Q4 FY 2025-26
OLIVE Vehicle Inventory
3rd citywide inventory of
oversized and lived in
vehicles
Nov/Dec 2025
Program Review, Data
Analysis and Refinement
OLIVE
OSEP
Expired Registration
Q3/Q4 FY 2025-26
11 Questions & Feedback
Heather Hoshii, Department of Transportation, [email protected] 12